Aaron Alexis

In the wake of gun violence such as occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School, commissions are organized. Rarely, however, are meaningful reforms proposed. Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Tim Murphy, R-Pa., is a refreshing change. The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2013 addresses a long list of inadequacies in services for people who suffer from schizophrenia, bipolar illness, major depression and other severe conditions — problems that Murphy uncovered in his yearlong investigation of the U.S. mental health system. These flaws begin with the dubious "recovery model" of treatment, extolled by the Substance Abuse...

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